Mannix (TV Series)

The Sound of Darkness (1969)

Gilbert Green: Dr. Lang

Quotes 

• Dr. Lang : I don't find any organic damage, either to the eye proper, or the connective ophthalmic system.

  Joe Mannix : What's that supposed to mean?

  Dr. Lang : That means there's no pathological reason why you can't see.

  Joe Mannix : Why can't I?

  Dr. Lang : You have a case of psychosomatic blindness.

  Joe Mannix : Psychosomatic?

  Dr. Lang : There's no simple explanation, Mr. Mannix.

  [the doctor walks to the window and opens the blinds to the examining room] 

  Dr. Lang : You live a dangerous and complex life. You risk it constantly in your profession. To you that's just... an occupational hazard. But you're a man. And mortal. When that bullet caught you, only the thickness of a single hair kept you from being killed. In that split second, you felt death. Your eyes saw it. They couldn't stand it, and they closed.

  Joe Mannix : For how long?

  Dr. Lang : Your sight could come back in six months... six days... or even six hours.

  Joe Mannix : Or never.

  Dr. Lang : Or never.